Guiding individuals and groups (especially coalitions of the unalike) and those who work in public decision making spaces to their own power, wisdom, and best possibilities.

More than 3 decades of experience in conflict management and resolution in the public policy space. Deeply committed mediator, facilitator, trainer and International Coach Federation- credentialed coach.

I have guided well over 300 groups, including government and private sector organizations, to identify their most important needs, generate options, manage conflict, negotiate, reach agreements and set action plans to co-create the best possible outcomes out of what is usually some version of a mess. For example: complex situations between a jumble of jurisdictions, perspectives, interests — both surface and underlying. And: humans being humans.

From 2019 through 2023, I served in higher education as Associate Director of the Wallace Stegner Center’s Environmental Dispute Resolution (EDR) program at the University of Utah. I built EDR’s professional coaching program as I trained public leaders and teams in conflict skills, self-regulation and peace building approaches. I coached mutual adult development — which involves practicing presence and settling our own nervous systems frequently in service to ourselves and the good of the whole. Also: attending to awareness, choices and practices on a daily basis. I co-developed and instructed EDR’s Conflict and Collaboration Certificate Course.

As an experienced program director, coach, mediator and facilitator, now I am focused on guiding clients to their own power, wisdom and possibility. My favorite work continues to be working with coalitions of the unalike. Engagement with my facili-training offerings is shared adult development and more like a dance than grinding difficulty. It’s energy work.

How do you want to keep managing your energy, your time, and your love in this world? Let’s co-create these paths. We are better together.